{"id":137328,"date":"2026-01-25T07:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T07:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/137328\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T07:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T07:19:18","slug":"pittsburgh-steelers-hiring-former-cowboys-coach-mike-mccarthy-as-next-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/137328\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Steelers hiring former Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy as next HC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Cowboys<\/a> head coach Mike McCarthy has reportedly landed his next gig.<\/p>\n

The 62-year-old Pittsburgh native is heading home and is set to become the next head coach of the Steelers. McCarthy also interviewed for the Giants\u2019 and Titans\u2019 head coaching openings<\/a>. He is 185\u2013123\u20132 (playoffs included) across 18 seasons, 13 with Green Bay \u2014 which beat the Steelers in the Super Bowl following the 2010 season \u2014 and five with Dallas.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh was a late addition to the head coaching market after Mike Tomlin stepped down<\/a> following the Steelers\u2019 blowout loss to the Texans in the Wild Card round of the playoffs<\/a>. McCarthy will have some big shoes to fill, as Tomlin won 193 regular-season games and a Super Bowl in 19 seasons as the Steelers\u2019 head coach.<\/p>\n

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McCarthy grew up in Greenfield, a neighborhood near downtown Pittsburgh. One of the more memorable games of McCarthy\u2019s five-season tenure in Dallas was his homecoming in 2024 against the Steelers. Dak Prescott orchestrated a thrilling comeback for a 20-17 win<\/a>. When the team was in Pittsburgh ahead of the game, Prescott and some Cowboys teammates checked out the bar McCarthy\u2019s father used to run and visited with McCarthy\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know how I feel about him,\u201d Prescott told the media after the victory<\/a>. \u201cI love him. He\u2019s a great head coach. He\u2019s very, very proud to be from Pittsburgh. Greenfield at that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why I had to go on a little tour, to see some of the stomping grounds he\u2019s talked about to paint that picture in my head.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his five seasons leading the Cowboys, McCarthy compiled a 49-35 record, including three trips to the playoffs. Dallas moved on from him after the 2025 season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like to talk about myself in this manner, but I\u2019m a winner,\u201d McCarthy said after what ultimately was his final game as the Cowboys\u2019 coach<\/a>. \u201cI know how to win. I\u2019ve won a championship. I\u2019ve won a championship in this stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s who I am, and we\u2019ll see where it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Steelers took a methodical approach, interviewing nearly a dozen candidates that spanned a wide spectrum of experience, from Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores (who spent 2022 as a defensive assistant on Tomlin\u2019s staff) to Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter,\u00a0who was hired by the Baltimore Ravens\u00a0on Thursday to replace John Harbaugh.<\/p>\n

They ultimately landed on McCarthy, who takes over a team that has been stuck in a purgatory of sorts for going on a decade.<\/p>\n

Of all the numbers around Tomlin\u2019s nearly two-decade tenure, perhaps the most remarkable is zero: the number of losing seasons the Steelers had with Tomlin on the sideline.<\/p>\n

That startling consistency, however, did not always translate to postseason success. Pittsburgh has been one-and-done in each of its last six playoff appearances, all of them double-digit losses.<\/p>\n

In some ways, the Steelers have been victims of their own success. They have frequently been drafting in the high teens and low-20s, not exactly a prime position to find a franchise quarterback. It didn\u2019t help that they chose not to draft Ben Roethlisberger\u2019s replacement in his final seasons, then whiffed badly on Kenny Pickett, who flamed out in less than two years after being taken in the first round of the 2022 draft.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s led to a revolving door at the most important position on the field. If Aaron Rodgers, who will be a free agent in March, doesn\u2019t return for a 22nd season, the Steelers will have their sixth different Week 1 quarterback in six years. McCarthy\u2019s arrival, however, would seemingly open the door for the 42-year-old Rodgers to come back.<\/p>\n

Rodgers said earlier this month he believes he would have at least a couple of options if he chose to run it back one more time, and his long partnership with McCarthy in Green Bay included a Super Bowl victory over Tomlin and the Steelers. Pittsburgh will have the 21st pick when a draft that appears to be thin in quality options at quarterback descends on the Steel City in late April.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a very real chance the Steelers, who currently only have veteran backup Mason Rudolph and 2025 sixth-round pick Will Howard under contract for next season, will kick the can down the road again and address a handful of other positions of need in the draft, namely wide receiver and cornerback. Regardless, president Art Rooney II brushed off the idea of the Steelers rebuilding.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like that word that much,\u201d Rooney said. \u201cWe\u2019ll try to compete day one if we can.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCarthy\u2019s potential arrival would indicate that\u2019s still the plan.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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